Dear Mr. Perfect

You had everything right…
brains, education, resources,
privilege, possessions, position,
and charm enough to convince the world
from a distance, and for awhile me,
that you had everything right.

When I got close, though,
I couldn’t help but see
everything you were
made you completely wrong…
regrets, cruelty, selfishness,
dishonesty, cheating, obscurity
and duplicity enough to convince too many
including, for that short time, me.

Me? I had just a few things right
So when everything went all wrong,
I reached out to my friends,
and dug down deep in my heart.
Now, there’s not a single thing wrong
because I am the one
who has everything I need,
even when I don’t always get it all right.

You are so completely right about that, Suzanne. I remember very early on asking “What are you searching for?” I’m not clear the intent to use was there, but certainly an unawareness or lack of concern for the damage that could be caused was there from the beginning.

Did you see Taker? All the fanciness to cover up the truth. Seems like the naked truth would be so much easier. And what’s it all for, yano? I don’t get it. What is the fear underneath. That’s the thing I don’t understand.